Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (
Russian: Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Ukraine origin. Widely considered one of the greatest directors in cinematic history, his work often explores spiritual and metaphysical themes and are known for their slow pace and long takes, dreamlike visual imagery, and preoccupation with nature and memory.
- The Killers [Убийцы] (1956) [student film, co-directed with Marika Beiku and Aleksandr Gordon]
Two men besiege a lunch bar looking for a third man they must kill. - There Will Be No Leave Today [Сегодня увольнения не будет...] (1959) [student film, co-directed with Gordon]
Soldiers undertake the perilous task of removing a stockpile of WWII bombshells discovered during roadworks beneath a small village. - The Steamroller and the Violin [Каток и скрипка] (1961) [student film produced at Mosfilm]
Seven-year-old Sasha practices violin daily to satisfy the ambition of his parents. Already withdrawn as a result of his routines, Sasha quickly regains confidence when he befriends Sergei, who works on a steamroller in their upscale Moscow neighbourhood. - Ivan's Childhood [Ива́ново де́тство] (1962)
During WWII, a Soviet orphan strikes up a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers while working as a scout behind German lines. - Andrei Passion [Страсти по Андрею] (1966) [original, unedited cut]
A collection of loosely related episodes touching on crises of faith, brutality and chaos, and finally the response of the artist and believer, 15th-century iconographer St Andrei Rublev.
Andrei Rublev [Андрей Рублёв] (1966) [director's preferred version, cuts mandated by Goskino]
- Solaris [Солярис] (1972)
A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what caused the crew to go insane. - Mirror [Зеркало] (1975)
A dying man in his forties recalls his past: his childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments, and things that tell of the recent history of the Russian nation. - Stalker [Сталкер] (1979)
A guide leads two men through an area known as The Zone in search of a room that grants wishes. - Nostalghia (1983)
A Russian poet and his interpreter travel Italy, researching the life of an 18th-century composer, and instead meet a ruminative madman who tells the poet how the world may be saved. - Voyage in Time [Tempo di viaggio] (1983)
Tarkovsky and his screenwriter Tonino Guerra travel all over Italy to scout locations for Nostalghia. - The Sacrifice [Offret] (1986)
At the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a means of restoring world peace and finds he must give something in return.
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